The Olympic Games opened in London on Friday 27 July 2012 with a spectacular opening ceremony. Perhaps uniquely for such an opening ceremony, the event featured a tribute to the […]
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Social workers personally affected by austerity and financial cuts
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionMore and more social workers in the United Kingdom are finding it difficult to pay their bills as pay cuts and wage freezes bite, according to the Social Workers Benevolent […]
Child poverty is “high” on the agenda of the incoming EU Council Presidency
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: ChildrenThe Social Affairs Attaché for the Cypriot permanent representation to the European Union, Niki Odysseos, has said that child poverty is “high” on the upcoming EU council presidency’s agenda. Cyprus becomes […]
European Union announces new action to end human trafficking
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsThe European Commission has announced new proposals for coordinated measures against human trafficking aiming to protect victims and target criminals more effectively, in a statement issued on 19 June 2012. Launching […]
IFSW supports campaign against the criminalisation of homelessness
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsIFSW Europe is supporting a campaign by the Housing Rights Watch and the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) against the criminalisation of homelessness. The campaign […]
Global Agenda presented to the Platform of European Social NGO’s (Social Platform)
Information Type: NewsTopic: EnvironmentEva Holmberg-Herrstrom (ICSW European President) and David N Jones (IFSW Special Representative for the Agenda) presented The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development to the President of Social […]
IFSW Europe Blog and Facebook
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWYou can find out more about the activities of IFSW Europe and our member organisations from the IFSW Europe blog. You can also follow us on our Facebook page ”IFSW Europe”.
Code of Professional Ethics Of The Social Workers In Israel
Topic: EthicsThe Association for the Advancement of Social Work Founded by the Union of Social Workers The social workers draw their ability, understanding and professional skills from four sources: From personal […]
Code de déontologie
Topic: EthicsLe code de l’ANAS a été adopté à l’assemblée Générale Du 28 novembre 1994 PREAMBULE L’A.N.A.S., en tant qu’association professionnelle, mène depuis sa création en 1945, une réflexion constante sur […]
Life as a social worker in Cambridgeshire, England
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social WorkFilmed by the BBC’s Inside Out programme, this short film highlights the work done by Cambridgeshire County Council’s social workers.
Key documents
Topic: IFSWIFSW Europe e.V. works with a number of key documents. The idea of this page is to give you quick and easy access to these documents: STATUES and BYLAWS Statutes […]
DASW Code of Ethics
Topic: EthicsEtikvejledning – Etiske principper i socialt arbejde Vedtaget af Dansk Socialrådgiverforenings repræsentanskab på møderne i december 1995 og december 1997. Senest revideret december 2000 – med kommentarer Læsevejledning Dansk Socialrådgiverforenings […]
Call for action to support Hungarian social workers
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsRecently IFSW wrote to the Hungarian Prime Minister to express our deep concern over the arrest of a Hungarian social worker who was demonstrating against anti-poor legislation that has been […]
IFSW writes to the Hungarian Government
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsBerne, 08.11.2011 To President Schmitt To Prime Minister Orban Dear Sirs Re: Social inclusion, social justice and social work intervention: Dumpster diving, poverty and social work action The IFSW Human […]
Europe: Charter of Rights for Social Workers
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsThe European Region of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is pleased to announce the launch of a Charter of Rights for Social Workers and a DVD celebrating their […]
Have an easy Fast
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWYom Kippur, also know as the Day of Atonement begins at sundown Friday as Jews began observing the start of the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the 25 hours […]
L’SHANA TOVAH : Happy 5771 :: Have a sweet New Year!
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWAs the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year, draws near it is common to reflect on the past year and look towards the beginning of […]
IFSW statement on the earthquake in Italy
Information Type: NewsTopic: DisasterA major earthquake hit region of Abruzzo in Italy on 6 April 2009. The disaster claimed at least 294 lives, left 1,500 injured and thousands have been made homeless. The […]
IFSW President addresses Talentia 60th birthday conference
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, IFSWIFSW President David N Jones was in Helsinki Finland this week to join Talentia, the Finnish social work union, in their 60th birthday celebrations. Nicolai Paulsen, IFSW European President, also […]
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY LAUNCHES IN FINLAND
Information Type: NewsTopic: World Social Work DayDavid N Jones, IFSW President, launched the global series of events to celebrate World Social Work Day 2009 with a meeting with students and university staff at Helsinki University on […]